Protector for fastening devices.



0. J. SAXE.

PROTECTOR FOR FASTENING DEVICES.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 19, 1912.

1,096,269. Patented May 12, 1914.

UNITED ST TES PATENT OFFICE.

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Specification of Letters Patent. -Pa,tentd M 12 191 4 Application filed August 19, 1912. Serial No. 715,755.

. protector for the fastening devices employed to fasten to a floor or wall, a flanged article, such asa ater-closet bowl, bath-tub, lavatory, or the like, in which the fastening devices extend through the flange.

It the practice to make-porcelain or enamel bowls, bath tubs, lavatories and similar articles with a base which extends beyoud the body of the bowl in the form of a flange; and the bolts or screws which are used as fastening devices to hold the bowl on the floor and to make the waste-pipe connection, are passed through openings in the said flange. It is the present practice to leave the heads of the fastening devices exposed, although, in some cases, caps have been put over them, and fastened to the face of the flange with plaster of Paris or cement, the fastening in this case, however, being inadequate so that the caps are very likely to he pulled off or broken.

In the bowl chosen to illustrate the invention, the flange is provided with recessed portions around the bowl openings, and the said recessed portions form pockets for the lower parts of the covers which protect the fastening devices. The said covers are larger. in diameter than the recessed portions, and lie flush with the flange around said recessed )ortions, the lower parts of the said covers, however, being smaller in diameter so as to fit and, enter the recessed portions. The covers arethus held firmly in place, and the joint between the covers and the flange is not only dirt and water proof, but invisible as well.

Figure 1 a sideelevation of a water closet bowl embodying the invention, a portion of the flange being broken away and shown in section; Fig. '2 is a transverse sectional detail on the line in of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow; and Fig. 3 is a sectional detail showing a' modification.

The bowl (I- which is of any ordinary construction and arrangement, is provided with the 'base Z) which extends in the form of a flange beyond the .lower wall ofthe'bowl, thus not only affording an adequate standard for the bowl, but also affording means for utilizing external fasteningdevices at ,the outside of the, bowl to hold the same securely upon the floor.

The flange b is provided with openings b to receive the fastening devices 0. If the bowl is to be fastened to a wooden floor, the fastening devices are in the form of ordinary wood screws, having 'bolt-heads or screw-driver heads as shown, respectively, in

Figs. 1 and 3, the heads bearing on the flange around the o enings, while the screw points engage int e wood. It is obvious that bolts and nutsmay be substituted for the wood screws, if the nature of the floor is such as to require it.

In accordance with the invention, the flange is provided, adjacent to each opening N, with a recess to receive a portion 'of a cover orclosure d, so that the said cover can be fastened securely in the flange'in such a way as to leave a smooth exterior, without any open joint or irregular surface which is hard to keep clean. The construction is such, moreover, that the metal parts are wholly inclosed and protected.

In the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the flange b is provided with a cup or depression surrounding the fastening device, the cup being deep enough to inclose the head of the fastening device, and to receive the smaller projecting part (Z of'thecover cl. The upper part of said cover a? is of greater diameter than the cup or depression. and lies flush with the surface of the flange around the opening. In the construction shown in Fig. 3, the same result can be obtained by making the smaller projecting part in the form of an annular rib (l which is the equivalent of the projecting part d and which enters and fits an annular recess 6 formed in the surface of the flange 1) around the opening for the fastening-device. In either of these structures, a neat inclosing cover, made of material. similar to that of which the bowl is formed, can be fitted and fastened in position, so that it wholly incloses and protects the metallic fastening device, leaving, moreover, a smooth and unbroken exterior with no crevices to collect dirt.

What I claim is: c

A protector for a fastening device for flanged articles such as water-closet bowls and bath-tubs, which is independent of the fastening device and consists in a head one surface of which is larger in area than the fastening device, and adapted to lie flush with the surface of the flange around the fastening device; and an annular tongue of smaller diameter projecting from said surface, which is adapted to enter and fit a re-' cess in the flange around the fastening dcvice, and which has a pocket or recess for the head of the fastening device.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my 15 name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

OSGAlt J. S-AXE. Witnesses JAs. J. MALQNEY, M. E. COVENLY. 

